Siren Song

Angels in the Crowd (Wendy Woo): Dana and I had planned on spending a fall Saturday strolling the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, hanging with the trustafarians. When we got up there, it turned out there was a Fall Fair of some sort. Sidewalk sales, more buskers than usual, live music, the works. While walking from one shop to another, I heard a voice calling to me, siren like. It turned out to be Wendy Woo. We stayed for the rest of her set, bought a CD (not this one), and caught a couple more shows.

Wendy has an incredible voice, and is a most excellent guitarist. Her songwriting isn't shabby either. She has no label, so here's Proof #2 that good music exists outside of what the big labels think we should be listening to. She's an excellent live performer, whether in a coffeehouse acoustic setting or a full-on electric bar band. Within that range, this album is pretty mellow - think glass of chardonnay, as opposed to mug of stout.